SPORTING NOTES.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2480, 18 March 1882, Page 3

SPORTING NOTES.

[From the “ Weekly Press.” 3

No club in the colony has shown greater pluck and enterprise than Wanganui. Year after year most of the richest prizes have been carried off by strangers. Notwithstanding this the local sportsmen, with inferior cattle, have quietly bided their time, entered their horses, ana at last have been rewarded by carrying off most of the big money of the meeting. The totalisatois put through in the two days £7048—£4529 of which wus speculated the second day. This appears an enormous sum to put through with only two instruments, more particularly in a little place like Wanganui. The welter weight-for-age Hurdle Race brought only three to the poet—Clarence having a slight call in what little betting was done, his old opponent Agent running him very close in public favor, Clarence justified the favor shown him by gaining a head verdiot from Agent, Skylark bringing up the rear. The manner which these two big guns of the illegitimate sport run time after time is very extraordinary. To go no further back than the Wellington Meeting, Clarence, who was favored in the handicap, beats Agent both in that and also in the weight-for-ago race. They journey down to Dunedin and meet in the Handicap, Clarence again being the favored one, and Agent proves himself the best of the two. Thence to Wanganui, and at weight-for-age Clarence again proves the viator, and so on all through the piece ; last year the same. The Wanganui Derby brought together a nice field of eight candidates for the local Bine Ribbon, end resulted in a win for Major Morse’s oh g Odd Trick, beating the favorite Taipo by two lengths, Bonny Doon third. The winner was bred by his present owner, who is one of the oldest of New Zealand sportsmen, being a prominent member of the turf in the good old days in Nelson. Major Morse bred Ladybird, the champion in her day on the New Zealand turf. Odd Triok is by the defunct Ravensworth—Sky bird horse Day Dawn out of Fortune by St. Aubyn, out of Orescent by Sir Hercules, &o. For the Two-year-old Sapling Stakes another good field of twelve sported silk. Messrs Mason and Yallanoe’s Armourer by Tubal Cain, and Mr Buffer’s Amazon byAnteros—Revoke being the favorites. The local bred Gem however proved too good for the two favorites, beating them cleverly in the order named. The winner is a daughter of the well bred and unfortunately defunct Marquis—Art Union Victoria bred horse, The Painter from Fides by St. Aubyn from Chance by Sir Hercules, and was also bred by Major Morse. The Wanganui Stakes Handicap fell to the Dauphin, beating Virginia Water by two lengths, Dan third. Libeller and Kmeraig being the remaining contestants. Sir Modred had very poor field against him in the Town Plate, which he captured in a canter from Oamelia and Satanella.

The Flying Handicap was an immense boil over, Somnus being the favorite. Mr Walters’ useful Hippo—Slander filly proved the victor by a short neok over the Wanganui hack Dan, Somnns two lengths off last. The second day commenced with the Hurdle Handicap of a field of four, Clarence being an absentee. This the favorite. Agent, placed to the credit of Mr Butler, Catch-’em second, Totara third. After Odd Triok, the Darby winner of the day before, had proved himself too good for the three he met in the Maiden Plate the Cup came on for decision. Only six came to the post—Sir Modred, Virginia Water, and Libeller being the favorites at 3to 1. The Dauphin’s chance, owing to the penalty he had incurred by winning the Wanganui Stakes Handicap the jrevions day, was deemed very doubtful. Hailstorm had few backers at 10 to 1. The outsider, however, half a mile from home commenced to go up, and passed his horses consecutively, and entered the straight with the lead, and after a desperate race with Virginia Water and Dauphin, won by two lengths in 4min. 13seo. The time, with the exception of Sir George’s last year, is the fastest the race has been run in. Hailstorm is a six-year-old, ion of Pacific out of Discretion, by Towton out of Cassandra, by Priam out of Princess, the maternal ancestress of many good horses. Hailstorm was bred by his present owner, Mr Fowdrell, and is an own brother to Resolution, the winner of this event in the two consecutive years of 1877• 1878, when, however, the stake was not the rich thing it has been during the last three or four years. The success of Hailstorm is extraordinary in one way. A horse that goes to the stud a part of the season and races the remainder is not a likely winner of a big handicap, no matter how good he may be. This course the son of Pacific has followed for several seasons, and has, notwithstanding, paid his way very well—in, however, much inferior company than he met and defeated in the Cup. Last season, if we mistake not, he ran against one of bis own sons in one race, and we are not sure If there was not one or two racing at the late meeting. Mr Walters’ Hippo—Slander filly was the main cause of another boil over in the Railway Plate by boating Sir Modred at weight for age over his favorite distance (one and a-half miles), Kincraig third. Dan won the District Handicap, beating Odd Triok and Taipo ; and the Consolation, won by Lentine, finished up the meeting. The South Canterbury Jockey Club are to be congratulated on the number and quality of the hones nominated for their Autumn Meeting. The entries number twenty-one for the Cup, two dozen for the Flying, twentysix for 3.J.0. Handicap, ten for the Hurdles, and the same number for the Winter Oats. The latter is a two-year-old handicap, and will be a particularly interesting race. We acknowledge the receipt of a catalogue of horses to be sold on behalf of Messrs Mason and Vallance at J. T. Ford and Co.’s repository on Wednesday morning, April 12th. There are in all seventeen lots, via.: Eleven young stock, four brood mares, and six horses in training, all of which are stated to be sold without any reserve whatever. Among the young stock are several particularly well bred youngsters, notably a yearling colt by Albany, out of Mermaid, the last but one of the progeny of one of the most successful of New Zaaland stud matrons. Coming from such a dam, and the success of the Albanys this season, particularly Nonsense, should cause this colt to reach a rare good figure, more particularly as be is engaged in all the principal two and three-year-old events of the colony. There are also two of old Trad near's stock that will doubtless also cause brisk C'mpetition, viz., an unbroken two-year-old filly named Jilt, out of the imported Middle Park mare Fleurange, engaged in the ’.Canterbury Derby and Jockey Club Handicap, and another two-year-old filly out of Sweetbriar, and, therefore, an own sister to Chancellor. The horses in training comprise some rare good ones, viz., the two-year-old Amulet, by Producer out of Charm, winner of the Spring Nursery Handicap, and first favorite for the C. J.O. Derby up to the day before the race, when he injured himself at exercise—engaged in the O. J.O. Handicap; the three-year old colt, Fleur-de-Lys, by Producer out of the imported Middle Park mare Fleurange, and a winner af four out of six events started for ; Bundoora, by the Peer out of Argosy ; Armourer, two-year-old, by Tubal Cain out of Sea Shell, by Nautilus, and Turquoise, i two-year-old (a rare bred one) by Tubal Cain out of Topaz, by Fireworks, who ran third to Nonsense and Vanguard in the Dunedin Champagne, and second to Nonsense in the City Stakes Handicap. This colt is also engaged in the O. J.O. Handicap. The only

other among the hones in training is Volunteer, by Totara out of Skybird, who, although a rather unfortunate horse hitherto, has conclusively proved himself a rare good one, and will some day pull off a good stake. We are very sorry that those well known sportsmen, Messrs Mason and Vallance, have determined to sell out, but snob being their determination, hope that their fcoree* will fetch good prices.